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Inspiration and the Texts of the Bible

Dirk Buchner
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 53, No 1/2 | a1633 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v53i1/2.1633 | © 1997 Dirk Buchner | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 13 December 1997 | Published: 13 December 1997

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Dirk Buchner, Department of Biblical literature Univenity of Durban-Westrille, South Africa

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Abstract

This article seeks to explore what the inspired text of the Old Testament was as it existed for the New Testament authors, particularly for the author of the book of Hebrews. A quick look at the facts makes. it clear that there was, at the time, more than one 'inspired' text, among these were the Septuagint and the Masoretic Text 'to name but two'. The latter eventually gained ascendancy which is why it forms the basis of our translated Old Testament today. Yet we have to ask: what do we make of that other text that was the inspired Bible to the early Church, especially to the writer of the book of Hebrews, who ignored the Masoretic text? This article will take a brief look at some suggestions for a doctrine of inspiration that keeps up with the facts of Scripture. Allied to this, the article is something of a bibliographical study of recent developments in textual research following the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls.

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